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André is a Data Platform MVP. He has done a lot of DBA work on 1000’s of servers where he discovered his love for Powershell, architecting SQL Server solutions, building and tuning ETL processes (with BIML), and even implementing PDW.
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I am a technical evangelsit at Microsoft specialising in business intelligecne and data management. I got interested in large databases while at HM Customs in the nineties as part of the move to intelligence led resourcing, but another inititive namely outsourcing meant that my last ten years have been in the private sector working for a number of gold partners, before joining Microsoft last July. I got into SQL Server in v6 and have used this platform almost exclusively since then for a wide variety of clients from tiny breweries to global banks.
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Andrew Sadler is a Principal BI consultant at Edenbrook. He has charted a varied course to get there - Psychology Academia >>> IRI >>> marchFIRST >>> Cognos >>> ProClarity >>> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. >> IRI >>> marchFIRST >>> Cognos >>> ProClarity >>> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. > IRI >>> marchFIRST >>> Cognos >>> ProClarity >>> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. IRI >>> marchFIRST >>> Cognos >>> ProClarity >>> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. >> marchFIRST >>> Cognos >>> ProClarity >>> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. > marchFIRST >>> Cognos >>> ProClarity >>> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. marchFIRST >>> Cognos >>> ProClarity >>> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. >> Cognos >>> ProClarity >>> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. > Cognos >>> ProClarity >>> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. Cognos >>> ProClarity >>> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. >> ProClarity >>> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. > ProClarity >>> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. ProClarity >>> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. >> Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. > Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. Microsoft >>> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. >> Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. > Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process. Edenbrook, and has accrued 10+ years in all things BI during this process.
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I have been involved with Olap for too long.....
I have developed Olap database technology, Olap applications and now develop Olap reporting tools.
Maybe one day I will feel that I am done with Olap and move on...
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Chris is regularly caught by his wife browsing internet sites at 2.00am in the morning. Sadly he is always looking at .NET sites rather than the haunts frequented by his peers.
Chris has worked on various large projects and is specialised in C#, ASP.NET, AJAX, SQL and various other acronymns. Having always tried to keep at the front of the technology curve, i guess it is time to share that knowledge around a little.
Simple tip, never mention Silverlight infront of him (if you are in a hurry).
You can catch him on his blog http://silverlightuk.blogspot.com
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Christian Bolton is the Technical Director for Coeo Ltd, a leading provider of SQL Server Managed Support and Consulting in the UK and Europe. He is a Microsoft Certified Architect, Microsoft Certified Master and MVP for SQL Server.
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Colin Angus Mackay is a software developer specialising in Microsoft technologies located in Glasgow, Scotland. He is a Member of the British Computer Society, a Microsoft MVP (C#) for three years running, a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer, the Chairman of Scottish Developers, Code Project MVP for five years running, and has organised two DDD Scotland events (with a third in the making). While not involved in software related pursuits is an amateur photographer (which generally involves wondering why his camera's autofocus mechanism chooses the potted plant off to the side rather than the main subject).
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Colin Hardie is a Senior BI Consultant with Information Management Group (IMGROUP), winners of the Microsoft Global Business Intelligence Partner of the Year award for the past four years. Previously Colin worked as a Technical Architect for a large pharmaceutical Information Services provider. Colin has worked with the SQL Server BI stack since 2001 and is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional Business Intelligence Developer. His main fields of expertise are SSIS and SSAS. Colin lives in London with his wife and two children.
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András Belokosztolszki is a software architect at Red Gate Software Ltd. He is a frequent speaker at many UK user groups. He is primarily interested in database internals and change management. At Red Gate he has designed and led the development of many database tools that compare schemata and enable source control for databases (SQL Compare versions 4 to 8), refactor databases (SQL Refactor) and show the history of databases by analyzing the transaction log (SQL Log Rescue). András has a PhD from Cambridge and an MSc and BSc from ELTE, Hungary.
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My role is as Customer Service Manager for XLCubed Ltd. XLCubed has been producing reporting, analysis and dashboard software primarily for the Microsoft BI platform since 2002 with a focus on using Excel as the authoring environment. I spend most of my time with customers helping them get the most out of our software both from a query design perspective with SQL and MDX and training the tool’s. XLCubed acquired MicroCharts in 2007 has introduced data visualisation as a key part of the role I now play with customers helping them learn best practises (after learning all the rules myself!). Before joining XLCubed I was a consultant delivering custom applications using all SQL versions since version 4.2. My main interest has always been the benefit's of technology and how to maximise the return on investment to the business.
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Hue Holleran is a professional consultant specialising in Enterprise RDBMS solutions for more than 20-years in over 100-organisations. Hue has established a reputation for innovative BUT practical solutions in the most challenging of environments.
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James is a Principal Program Manager for Microsoft's Data Platform team. He is passionate about delivering highly scalable solutions that are creative, simple and elegant. You can find him on twitter @jrowlandjones.
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Niels Berglund is a principal of SQL Develop. SQL Develop is a company specializing in database and .NET development, consultancy and mentoring.
He is also a member of DevelopMentor's technical research, curriculum development and teaching staff. At DevelopMentor he specializes in .NET system software and database areas, and is author of DevelopMentors database courses.
Niels speaks regularly at various industry conferences. He writes technical articles for the trade press and is co-author of the first book released for SQL Server 2005; "A First Look at SQL Server 2005 for Developers".
He can be reached at www.sqldevelop.com.
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Predrag Bosnic started his IT journey in 1979 using UNIVAC 1100, Fortran and Mapper. For the next 20 years he visited the world of PC, dBase, Clipper and Fox. During the last 14 years he has been working with SQL Serverand .Net maintaining his passion for databases and software development. He is a Software Development Manager, conference speaker and author of a dozen technical articles.
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Knowledge is the power and you will gain by sharing it;
I'm an Independent Database expert, with over 16 years of experience in application designing, developing and managing database technologies using industry famous technologies & software. I have been working with SQL Server since version 4.2 (1996) and active member & moderator in Technet, MSDN, SQL-Server-Performance.com forums/websites and also writing for http://www.sql-server-performance.com website. I'm a regular speaker and volunteer (Ask The Experts) at SQL Server events such as SQLPASS, Tech-ed etc. and I was awarded as SQL Server MVP since the year 2006. I also update content & manage the website http://www.sqlserver-qa.net.
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Simon has worked with data for all his career.
He works with companies on
1. Data platform strategy
2. Data platform optimisation
3. Data development practices
He founded SQLBits, is a SQL MCM and an Microsoft MVP since 2005
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About

SQL Bits was started by a group of individuals that are passionate about the SQL Server product suite.
There is a breadth of knowledge in the SQL Community that will benefit everyone in the community.
We want to spread that knowledge.

We all work with the SQL community, some of us for many years and have all been given the MVP award by Microsoft